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WEB6 days ago · The Hospitalist is the monthly news magazine of the Society of Hospital Medicine, reporting on issues and trends in hospital medicine relevant to hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, medical residents, and health care administrators.
Managing the Long-term Physical Effects of Being a Hospitalist
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Dr. Williams quickly progressed with physical therapy from being bedbound to using a wheelchair, a walker, and then a cane. He returned to the teaching service at Barnes in September and was working seven-day blocks again on the floors by December.
Hospitalists as Disruptors in Healthcare - The Hospitalist
WEBMay 1, 2024 · The Rewards of Getting Involved May 1, 2024. The Hospitalist‘s editorial advisory board is a volunteer group of SHM members who share their time, experience, insight, and ideas to ensure we're publishing relevant, interesting, and educational...
What I wish I knew before becoming a hospitalist
WEBJan 7, 2022 · Finishing residency and beginning a career in hospital medicine is an exhilarating time of autonomy, unlike any time during residency. Now you can finally flex independent clinical skills. However, it can be scary knowing that you’re the attending physician, the quarterback of a multidisciplinary team. Now that we have several years of work experience in […]
Research is Possible—and Vital—as a Hospitalist
WEBNov 14, 2023 · How and why to do research as hospitalists. Sagar Dugani, MD, PhD, MPH, FHM, assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said that among external sources of funding, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) stands out for many types of hospital medicine research projects—on hospital care, delivery, implementation, and processes in the hospital.
Hospitalists Use POLST to Initiate Patient Conversations About …
WEB6 days ago · Defining life-sustaining preferences. P hysician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a single-page medical order form, typically printed on bright pink paper, and signed by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant to spell out treatment preferences for a seriously ill or frail patient. It is also a process for exploring those preferences in conversation with patients ...
Bringing Acute-Level Care to the Patient: Key Steps for Hospital at ...
WEBAug 1, 2022 · As the hospital at home concept and care model gets more attention nationally, hospitalists often provide the leadership, clinical expertise, and labor needed to get these programs off the ground. Although the model’s regulatory and reimbursement foundations remain uncertain, and many established programs remain small, two decades of positive outcomes—demonstrating improved safety, shorter ...
#HowWeHospitalist: A glimpse into six lives - The Hospitalist
WEBFeb 16, 2022 · First came the bed shortages. Then came the staff shortages. The vaccine shortages soon followed. In the hospitals across New York City where David Alfandre, MD, MSPH is a health care ethicist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Ethics in Health Care and an associate professor of medicine and population health at the NYU School of Medicine, the last two years have ...
Bright Spots in the Future of Hospital Medicine
WEBMar 1, 2023 · As we celebrate 2023 National Hospitalist Day on March 2, taking a peek into the future of hospital medicine, we offer you brief accounts of some of the roles 10 hospitalists are playing to advance the field, helping better to define its range and extent, improve quality on multiple levels, and commit to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the care of hospitalized patients.
What hospitalists need to know about COVID-19 - The Hospitalist
WEBFeb 28, 2020 · This article last updated 4/8/20. (Disclaimer: The information in this article may not be updated regularly. For more COVID-19 coverage, bookmark our COVID-19 updates page. The editors of The Hospitalist encourage clinicians to also review information on the CDC website and on the AHA website.). An infectious disease outbreak that began in December 2019 in Wuhan (Hubei Province), China, was ...